The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
“Well… er -” “Expecting a rescue is beyond hope under the circumstances!” Sam Barthoff, Mayor of Atro City, interrupted grimly, throwing up… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm needy, neurotic, paranoid. Under the circumstances, of course, if I weren't needy, neurotic, and paranoid, I'd obviously be psychotic. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however,… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
We National Socialists are enemies, deadly enemies, of the present capitalist system with its exploitation of the economically weak … and we… — Gregor Strasser Copy Share Image
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
While looking at a website for liposuction, I learned that it was a six-to eight-week recovery period, the clincher being that, during… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
As human beings, we aren't as individual as we'd like to believe we are. And I think that's what makes acting possible.… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Unwonted circumstances may make us all rather unlike ourselves: there are conditions under which the most majestic person is obliged to sneeze,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Terrorists are not bad; they are limited by circumstances. They are human beings. I am very, very, very sad when they explode… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
We must recognise that duty and morality vary under different circumstances; not that the man who resists evil is doing what is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
That is very fine; but it is impossible to make the men perfect; the men will always remain the same as they… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel Copy Share Image
Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Happiness is not something far away and unattainable, and its manifestation does not depend on circumstances. — Laine Copy Share Image
Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a… — Beatrice Lillie Copy Share Image
The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that in any circumstance I'd say, "You know what? Screw this. Kill me. I'm done. I'm not going… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Educated people change themselves according to the situation, but the experienced people can change the situation according to them. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually… — Frank Welker Copy Share Image
As kickers, it's all about being able to block out the crowd noise, being able to block out certain aspects of the… — Adam Vinatieri Copy Share Image
Dalai Lama has not coming to show us his kindness, so that we can enjoy his charisma, he's coming with a specific… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Many comedic stars have tried to a do a 'Night at the Museum' type film, in which an everyday Joe reacts to… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
There Are 3 Circumstances With Special People In Our Life: Someone We Love, But Have To Hate. Someone We Hate, But Can't… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to do my best in the circumstances and am very happy for everyone else to do the same so… — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
We're not in control [of circumstances], but that does not mean we don't exercise a certain kind of conditioned agency. That's what… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source… — Marjorie Holmes Copy Share Image
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